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Chapter 21

FLOWERING

The goal of the closet cultivator is to
grow plants which yield a large crop of
sinsemilla, the unfertilized female flowers of
the plant. Usually male and female flowers
grow on separate plants. By removing the
male plants from the garden, the females
remain unpollinated. Pollinated plants put
much of their energy into producing seeds,
rather than bud growth.
Unpollinated plants grow clusters of
flowers over a period of 4 to 8 weeks.
Within a few weeks the growth takes the
shape of a bud. As the buds ripen, the
clusters of flowers grow thicker and the
resin glands found on the small leaves and
branches begin to swell as they fill up with